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Prospecting for uranium and other radioactive ores

 Collection
Identifier: MG 5139

Scope and Contents

Study by Lewis S. Prater and printed by Idaho State Board for Vocational Education in Cooperation with Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. Regards radioactive prospecting.

Dates

  • Creation: June 1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Lewis Seward Prater was born 23 June 1915 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Lewis and Eliza Prater. He married Clara McCoy on 26 June 1936 in Butte, Montana where he was attending the Montana School of Mines. Following graduation, he was employeed by the Republic Steel Company in Chicago, Illinois. Then they moved to Moscow where Prater was employeed by the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. Lewis S. Prater died 19 June 2000 in Moscow, Idaho.

Extent

1 item : 4 unnumbered leaves, 14 leaves.

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Report by Lewis S. Prater regarding prospecting for various radioactive ores printed by the Idaho State Board for Vocational Eduction in Cooperation with Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Title
Guide to Prospecting for uranium and other radioactive ores
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository